Side mud-splash guard for motor and other vehicles.



A. C. ADAMS.

SIDE MUD SPLASH GUARD FOR MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1914.

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Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed April 14, 1914. Serial No. 831,813.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED CHARLES ADAMs, a subject of His Majesty theKing of England, residing at 5 High street, Peckham, in the county ofLondon, Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful SideMud-Splash Guards for Motor and other Vehicles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improved side mud splash guard for motorcars and other vehicles.

The invention is hereinafter described with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof, andFig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a detail cross section of the supportingplate, illustrating the bearing for the axle of the vehicle.

1 indicates a supporting plate formed with an opening 1 having a ballrace a and fitting in the opening is a ball cage 1", between which andthe latter and the race a are balls 1, thus allowing the mud splashguard to remain in a vertical position when the wheel is revolving.

2 represents a splash plate suspended from the supporting plate 1.Pivoted to the plate 1 at d, are two depending links b and 0, link bbeing of greater length than link 0. Pivoted to link I), at b, is ashort link 6 the lower end of which is pivoted to the splash plate at e,and pivoted at 0' link 0 pivoted to the The pivots b and c are thusdisposed out of horizontal alinement which will allow the splash plateto rise vertically. The links Z2 and c are formed at their lower endswith openings :11, to afford convenient means for adjusting the splashplate to or from the surface of the ground. To the inside of the splashplate 2 toward the wheel is fixed a radial rib f of steel and in thisrib are fitted rollers to take all the side pressure, the rollers beingdropped in from the top and held in place by the edges w of the walls ofthe openings. The tail end 3 of the guard is set inward toward thewheel, or it may be loose or flexible and made of steel, iron, or fiber,with a spring hinge for the purpose splash plate at e.

an obstruction, a supporting of preventing bending or breaking of theguard in the event of the vehicle skidding into the curb. The tail piece3 is shown as being hinged to the splash plate, spring hinges 3* beingemployed.

In operation, the supporting plate 1 is slipped over the end of the axleof the vehicle, and the device is suspended therefrom. When the splashplate encounters an obstruction the links turn on their pivots and inpractice it has been found that by making links of different lengths theliability of a dead center occurring is minimized to a considerableextent. By constructing the tail piece so as to permit ready deflection,liability of damage to the device is greatly reduced.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is 1. In a splash guard, the combination of asupporting plate formed with an axle receiving opening, verticallydisposed links pivoted to the bottom of the supporting plate, othervertically disposed links pivoted to the lower ends of the firstmentioned links, a splash plate pivoted near its upper edge to the lowerends of the second mentioned links, one end of the splash plate beinginclined, a tail piece adjacent the in clined edge of the splash plate,and spring hinges securing the tail piece to the inclined edge of thesplash plate.

2. In a splash guard, the combination of a splash plate having alaterally movable tail piece which is moved when encountering plateformed with an axle receiving opening, two pairs of links pivotallyconnecting the supporting plate and the splash plate, the meeting endsof each pair of links being pivoted together, the links of one pairbeing pivoted together below the horizontal plane of the correspondingpivot of the companion pair of links.

3. In a splash guard, the combination of a splash plate, a hinged tailpiece at one end of the splash plate, a supporting plate formed with anaxle receiving opening, a pair of pivoted links pivoted to the splashplate and the supporting plate, and a sec- Q mamas bncl pain (if pivotedlinks pivoted to the specification in the presence of two subsplashplate and tlllle silfiporfting plate, the scribing Witnesses. pivtitsc'o'n'n'e'cting t e lin s 0 thevrespective 7 pairs being in differenthorizontal planes, 'ALFREDCHARLES ADAMS 5 the lower links of the twopairs having a Witnesses: i i

series of openings to adjust the splash late. L. GOFF,

In-testimony wheredf l have -signe this A. J. LEATHERDALE.

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